PCDA Circular 199 : Payment of enhanced
Monetary Allowance attached to pre and post
independence Gallantry Awards
O/o The Principal Controller of Defence Accounts
(Pensions)
Draupadighat, Allahabad 211014
Circular No. 199
No. AT/Tech/69-XIII
Dated: 27 /03/2018
To
01.
The Chief Accountant, RBI Deptt. of Govt. Bank
Accounts, Central office
C-7, Second Floor, Bandre- Kurla Complex, P B No.
8143, Bandre East,
Mumbai-400051
02. The Director of Treasuris of all
state……………
03. The Manager CPPC of Public Sector
Banks including IDBI
04. The CDA (PD) Meerut
05. The CDA, Chennai
06. The Nodal Officers
(ICICI/AXIS/HDFC Bank)….
07. The Pay &
Accounts Officer……………
08. The Military. & Air
Attache, Indian Embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal
09. The
D.P.D.O…………………….
10. Post Master…………………
Sub:
Payment of enhanced Monetary Allowance
attached to pre and post independence Gallantry
Awards.
Ref: This office Circular No. 9 dated 10/06/2011 and
Circular No. 30 dated 22/12/2017.
The rates of Monetary Allowance attached to pre and
post independence
Gallantary Awards have been revised by the Govt w.e.f.
30/03/2011 and
01/08/2017 and the same have been issued to all the
Pension Disbursing
Agencies (PDAs) vide this office Circular No. 9 dated
10/06/2011 and
Circular No. 30 dated 22/12/2017 respectively. These
circulars are also
available on this office web site
www.pcdapension.nic.in.
However,
complaints from various agencies as well as the
pensioners/family
pensioners & Pensioners' Associations are being
received at various
levels including Ministry of Defence (MoD) stating that
PDAs are not
making payment of enhanced rate of Monetary Allowance
attached to pre
and post independence Gallantry Awards.
On examining the cases, it
has been noticed that monetary allowance of Gallantry
award has neither
been revised as per this office Circular No. 9 dated
10/06/2011 nor
Circular No. 30 dated 22/12/2017. Non-revision of
monetary allowance of
Gallantry Awards by the PDAs has resulted in huge
arrears. Non-payment
of dues to the pensioners/family pensioners as well as
accumulation of
such cases has been viewed seriously by the MoD. The
MoD has further
directed to ensure that such incidents do not recur.
Therefore,
PDAs are requested to review all cases of monetary
allowance attached to
pre and post independence Gallantry Awards and ensure
that revision as
per circulars mentioned above has been carried out by
them and payment
is being made at correct rates. The Pension Disbursing
Agencies are also
requested to submit detailed status report on payment
of correct rate
of Monetary Allowance attached to pre and post
independence Gallantry
Awardees.
Details of Gallantry awardees extracted from pension
payment scrolls for the month of January, 2018 received
from the Banks
in respect of whom monetary allowances are still
awaiting for revision
in terms of the above circulars is being forwarded
separately to each
CPPC for immediate revision of the same and to ensure
credit the
payments along with arrears in pensioners/family
pensioners Bank
Account. PDAs other than Banks are requested to review
all cases of
Gallantry awardees and confirm to this office that
payment is being made
as per the above quoted circulars.
Sd/-
(SANDEEP THAKUR)
Addl. CDA (Pensions)
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